Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, ...

A new study co-authored by researchers at Indiana University sheds light on how the forces that shape mountain ranges also ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

The film discusses the theory of plate tectonics and continental ... It emphasizes the evidence supporting plate tectonics, such as the matching coastlines of continents and magnetic banding ...

New research suggests it could be evidence that Stephen Hawking was right about the nature of black holes and the early universe.

For millions of years, Earth’s shifting plates have shaped continents, formed oceans, and built towering mountain ranges. But ...

having been blown away during the giant impact that formed the moon or churned to the surface by the inexorable movements of plate tectonics. Scientists have theorized that perhaps this primordial ...